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    Help, what have I done?

    I replaced my cpu, powered the system up, The bios reported finding a new cpu and asked me to review the settings. I noticed one of the hard drives was missing from the setup. The HD power cable had come lose. At that point I think I did something stupid. Instead of exiting the bios setup...
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    Help, I waited to long.

    I finalized my plans about six weeks ago but didn't get around to ordering the parts. Now they seem obsolete. The P35, DDR2 ASUS P5K PREMIUM/WIFI-AP Motherboard Should be replaced. Any suggestions for a comparable DDR2, X48, P45 or x38 ASUS or Gigabyte board. The WIFI is not important...
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    Question

    New to the forum thing. Example. I have a question about video cards and mother board combinations. Is it appropriate to post in both forums or try to pick the one I think is best. Don't want to waste you good peoples time.
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    Which comes first?

    Building my first system. As I understand it there are two standards when it comes to video card GPUs. Nvidia and ATI. If I want to use one video card it doesn't make any difference which mother board I buy. If I want to use dual video cards I have to buy a motherboard that supports SLI or...
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    Readable display

    Is there any way to replace the light blue text on white backgrouund with say dark blue on white for those of us oldies with failing vision?
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    Yorkfield, 64-32 bit, OEM or Retail, Vista

    I am building my first system based on a Intel Q9300. It will be a general purpose system used to manage and play my 10,000 mp3 music titles, scan many old photos, organize and edit 10 years of digital photos, web surfing, function as a media center pc, word processing, excel, etc. I'm retired...
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    Duo or Quad, DDR2 or DDR3

    I plan to build my first computer. I'm retired and have tons of photos and video to organize. I'm not much interested in gaming at this time and will install vista (home premium?). I will do a lot of video editing and rendering while surfing the web, working with excel, media player etc...